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Language is for communication.
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Note: Sidewalker has taken this debate. It will remain up until we start it in around a week :)
Note: This debate should be impossible to accept. If you find a clever way to work around the rules, you automatically forfeit all seven points. If you would like to debate, please say so in the comments after reading this opening round.
I do not plan to start this for a week or so. I started early as I don't think many may be willing to take this.
The full resolution is as follows: 'Resolved: The primary function of language is communication.'
-Language - A complex semiotic system to express a large variety of ideas used by humans (we are excluding animal language)
-Communication - The transmission of data and information from (an) individual(s) to other individual(s)
-Primary - main
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R1: Con posts opening arguments or accepts.
R2-3: Arguments and rebuttals. If Con posted opening arguments in R1, he or she should also post his or her conclusion here.
R4: Arguments and conclusion. If Con posted opening arguments in R1, he or she should waive this round.
2. No trolling, no kritiks. Semantics allowed for obvious reasons, but not for any words in the resolution.
3. In general, all arguments should be posted inside the debate, but if you are really busy, I will accept arguments posted in the comments shortly after your forfeiture of the round.
4. BOP is on Pro.
5. I'll probably change the definitions and full resolution during the challenge period. You are welcome to give suggestions for their betterment.
By the way...
I know this is highly atypical of me, but I didn't create this debate to win. I created this debate to learn more about the topic through debating, so I won't be a sore loser at all!
Good luck!
I thank my opponent for accepting my debate and will now go on to present my opening arguments.
Language is a semiotic system; it is a system of signs that serves to represent thoughts. It resembles the system of symbols in maths, which is designed to represent mathematical concepts: f(x) = 2x + 3. Maths symbols can be used for accounting and finance – many advanced mathematical concepts are used in these fields, such as matrices. Yet it would be erroneous to conclude that the primary purpose of maths is to facilitate accounting and finance.
My primary position in this debate is that the primary function of language is not to communicate, but merely to express thought.
C1: Empirical Perspective
If we reflect on how language is used, we find that language is used for many purposes, only one of which is communication. Language is often used without a hearer. Cook and Newson (2007), for example, gave lecture notes, talking to oneself and diary-writing as examples.
The notion of communication being merely one of the functions of the language, rather than the primary one, dates back at least to Malinowski (1923). He belonged to the same generation of linguists as Sapir and Whorf, when linguists had strong anthropology backgrounds. Based on his studies of tribal language, he identified four uses of language: speech in action, narrative, phatic communion and ritual use. (2) Phatic communion refers to speech used for social purposes like to build and strengthen interpersonal bonds, e.g. the Cantonese, nei sik zo faan mei aa?, lit. 'Have you eaten rice yet?'. We aren't really communicating: We are not wishing the listener a good morning or asking whether the listener has eaten rice. Rather, we do it out of social politeness. An example on DDO is when ESocialBookworm interviewed Zaradi and bsh1. When ESocial said she was interviewing Matt and Brian, Zaradi asked, 'who?' This was a joke to relax the atmosphere; he obviously knew who Matt (himself) and Brian (bsh1) were.
Although Malinowski's view of language as mainly a social function has been rejected by some modern schools of linguistics such as Chomsky's school, it does serve as a good starting point for how communication isn't the primary function of language. Finch (1998) offers seven microfunctions (physiological, phatic, recording, identifying, reasoning, communicating, pleasure). (3) Physiological functions include the use of expletives to vent anger; recording functions include writing diaries or lecture notes; reasoning is the use of language in our brains to facilitate thought; pleasure is the use of language to make aesthetically beautiful sounds (rhyming, alliteration…), puns and so on. Again, communication is but one of the purposes.
Chomsky further suggested that the primary function of language is to use the mind via the computational system, the system that turns meanings into sounds. (1) From Language and Responsibility: (4)
Language can be used to transmit information but it also serves many other purposes: To establish relations among people, to express or clarify thought, for creative mental activity, to gain understanding, and so on. In my opinion there is no reason to accord privileged status to one or the other of these modes. Forced to choose, I would say something quite classical and rather empty: language serves essentially for the expression of thought.
If there is any common denominator we can find among the many functions of language we have discussed, it is that it serves to turn ideas into signs; in other words, we express our thoughts using language. That is the primary function; communication is not.
C2: Evolutionary Perspective
The notion of language being primarily being evolved as an instrument for representing thought, rather than a means of communication, is perhaps as old as the idea of evolution itself. Darwin wrote, 'As the voice was used more and more, the vocal organs would have been strengthened and perfected through the principle of the inherited effects of use ... but the relation between the continued use of language and development of the brain, has no doubt been far more important ... we may confidently believe that the continued use and advancement of this power would have reacted on the mind itself, by enabling it and encouraging it to carry on long trains of thought.' (5)
Of course, we are unable to return to the past to see whether language originated because selective pressures were exerted on humans to force them to enhance communication. However, we can look at the evidence we do have. If language were actually evolved with communication as a primary concern, then we would see linguistic change moving towards the goal of enhancing communication. Alas, this is not the case, and we can see that it is not by analyzing several aspects of language that limit its usefulness as a means of communication.
SC1) Topic-drop
There are many gaps in the syntax of human language. This means that in our semiotic system, there are items which are left out in the representation, even though these items are an important part of the meaning. One is topic-drop. Sometimes, the subject, and sometimes other parts of speech, of a finite clause is left out. According to Rizzi, this dropped phrase, called 'pro' is recovered by its proper governor. (5) Consider this example from (1):
pro leülök.
[I] sit down.
As Hungarian has a rich subject-verb agreement system, the finite inflection for the verb 'sit down' governs the meaning of the dropped pro. If this were always the case, then pro-drop would not affect communication. However, the case of Chinese is quite different, as Huang (1983) showed. (6) Chinese, a pro-drop language, has no subject-verb agreement at all. Huang argues that rather than dropping pro, Chinese drops an empty topic operator. As topic depends largely on context, this can provide hindrance to communication. Consider this extract from a famous piece by politician and historian Sima Guang, addressed to his son.
Canzheng Lu Gong wei jianguan, Zhenzong qian shi ji zhao zhi, de yu jiujia, ji ru, wen qi suo lai, yi shi dui.
If you had difficulty figuring out what this meant, refer to this version, in which ---(l) refers to Lu, ---(m) to the messenger and ---(e) to Zhenzong:
Canzheng Lu was imperial censor, Zhenzong sent messenger rapidly summon him(l), ---(m) found in tavern ---(l), after ---(e) entered, ---(e) asked him(l) where ---(l) came [from], to PRO(e) actually converse [with] ---(l).
Clearly, topic-drop renders language inefficient at communication.
SC2) Null subjects
Null subjects are another type of gap. Non-finite clauses do not require a subject in many languages, including English. This again leads to problems. Without the null subject, two sentences may ostensibly have the same structure, but two different null subjects:
JMK requested Zaradi to PRO take off his shirt.
JMK promised Zaradi to PRO take off his shirt.
In our first sentence, the antecedent of PRO is Matt, while in our second sentence, it is Joey! (This doesn't matter as he doesn't use his webcam in Hangouts, but that's beside the point.) This phenomenon is explained by control theory: request is an object control verb and promise is a subject control verb. These parsing problems lead to inefficient communication. If language were truly perfect for communication, PRO would be spelt out, but this is not the case.
SC3) Ambiguity and Garden Paths
A third example of this is ambiguity, both syntactic and lexical. I don't think this requires much explanation. Ambiguity abounds in human language, and these ambiguities are 'design flaws' in language that prevent it from communicating effectively. Scope ambiguity is an example. (8) I experienced this on DDO when TBR used an ambiguous sentence. Only after a long conversation did the right interpretation dawn on me:
All software will never be open source.
I interpreted this as meaning that no software will ever be [-open source], when in fact, he meant that some software will be [-open source]:
Who used more reliable sources?
There are two interpretations of this:
Under the one on the left, the question asks who had higher-quality sources; under the one of the right, the question asks who had more sources of reasonable quality. Were language designed for communication, we would somehow eliminate this (e.g. different 'mores' for the determiner and the adverb).
SC4) Wrapping Up
Why does all of this show that language is primarily for expressing thought, and not communication? Firstly, we need to know how the computational system works. This is a diagram after Cook and Newson (2007) (1):
(1) Cook and Newson (2007): Chomsky's Universal Grammar.
(2) Malinowski, B. (1923): The problem of meaning in primitive languages.
(3) Finch, G. (1998): How to Study Linguistics.
(4) Chomsky, N. (1979): Language and Responsibility.
(5) Rizzi, L. (1986): Null objects in Italian and the theory of pro.
(6) Huang, C-T. J. (1983): On the distribution and reference of empty pronouns.
(7) Sima, G.: Xin Jian Shi Kang.
(10) Collins, J. (2008): Chomsky: A Guide for the Perplexed.
Kryptic forfeited this round.
It seems that my opponent has, unfortunately, forfeited. It seems that my opponent has been rather busy of late, and as such, I urge that the voters do not punish him for this. I will only use this round to clarify the final point I made last round.
It is widely accepted among linguists that our brains process language first as a deep structure (or D-structure), which is then turned into a surface structure (S-structure) after movement:
For example, the question Why won't Zaradi take off his shirt? has a deep structure, Zaradi won't take of his shirt why. The deep structure conforms to English's normal SVO order, as you can see.
You may be tempted to think that semantic interpretation takes place at D-structure because this is where thematic roles are assigned. Consider:
D-structure: ---- was praised JMK in the compliments box.
S-structure: JMK(i) was praised t(i) in the compliments box.
In D-structure, insulted assigned the role of patient to JMK. Yet this interpretation is problematic. Let's alter the above sentence:
D-structure: JMK believed -------- to be praised himself.
S-structure: JMK(i) believed himself(i) to be praised t(i).
At D-structure, himself is not bound in its governing category because there is no co-indexed element within the inflection phrase to be insulted himself(i) in the truth boxwhich c-commands it.
I know that most of us may not be familiar with these terms. As an analogy, refer to this sentence:
JMK believed that someone insulted himself in the truth box.
Here, we know 'himself' refers to 'someone', which c-commands it. We would never interpret 'someone'as JMK.
Clearly, himself is not defined at the D-structure, or himself in JMK(i) believed -------- to be insulted himself(i) in the truth box would not make any sense. As a solution, linguists have proposed that after the S-structure, the sentence being processed branches out into a phonetic form for the sensorimotor system to produce, and a logical form where semantic interpretation takes place. This gives us a T-diagram proposed at the end of the 1990s (I added the sensorimotor and conceptual-intentional systems myself) (1):
Details about the logical form are too technical to go over here, but it resolves anaphoric expressions like the ones above, as well as scope ambiguity and so on. The logic form serves as a semantic interface between our computational system* and our conceptual-intentional system. The point is, if the meaning is very clear at the semantic interface but less clear at the phonological interface (even if, as we have seen above, the phonological interface can be designed to be clear semantically), we can conclude that language is more suited for thought than for communication, and posit that language evolved primarily for the expression of thoughts and not for communication.
*The computational system can either be viewed as the language faculty itself, or a component of the language faculty, which is also composed of the sensiromotor and conceptual-intentional systems. The former view is heavily criticised by linguists such as Pinker and Jackendoff (2005) (2), but this does not concern us here.
(1) Cook, V.J. and Newson, M. (2007): Chomsky's Universal Grammar.
(2) Pinker, S. and Jackendoff, R. (2005): The faculty of language: what's special about it?
Language is for communication.
Here are some definitions to words that are not commonly known or used in the correct way often.
Semiotic; Noun: The study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behaviour; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
Data; Noun: Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
Information; Noun: Facts provided or learned about something or someone.
Firstly, I would like to sincerely apologise to Con and to voters / anyone who looks at this debate, it is very unprofessional of me to not mention my reasoning of absence; however it is true that I have been thoroughly busy as of late, I am currently moving and internet issues as well as time to rest has been almost impossible. As a result, I am now debating for rounds 2 and 3. Before I begin, I would like to show reverence to how well Cons argument is thought out, if I didn't have a topic in mind, I would be stumped.
If I could possibly summarise Cons argument so far to see if I am on correct terms; essentially, we can communicate without communicating, using language as a common ground and abusing the social structure of language that is publicly accepted and regarded as the norm in such a way to relocate emphasis towards something that is not the definition of communication. As we have described communication to be the sharing of data from one source to another, we can essentially use language towards another individual and at the same time, not share any facts or statistics.
By definition, I would have to agree with Con, it is possible that language does not have to be communicated; language can simply be a common barrier to reduce levels of distress with confusion of one another, it also reduces time when specifying something in particular.
However, by definition of the word semiotic, language clearly applies to communication as well. My argument is stated clearly that Language is for communication. It would have been a little more interesting if con specified and suggested language was for communication only, although by this stage I would have already lost.
As we are not going into detail about animal language and I will assume all primitive language (I am referring primitive as the inability to record data) (I am also assuming that animal language doesn't include body language in people, or human offspring), I will not break the code of conduct and suggest anything about it. Instead of going down this route, I will firstly make a few rebuttals towards Con's brilliant argument and make one of my own.
"If we reflect on how language is used, we find that language is used for many purposes, only one of which is communication. Language is often used without a hearer. Cook and Newson (2007), for example, gave lecture notes, talking to oneself and diary-writing as examples."
~I would like to argue on this point; I do not doubt that only one point of language is used for *verbal communication, what I doubt is the necessity for diverse language to enhance other fields to display communication in today's society. [1] The difference between someone at a pub having a conversation and flirting doesn't have to be a difference in the wording, but in body language, which indicates different intention, body language can indirectly communicate position. [2]
"Of course, we are unable to return to the past to see whether language originated because selective pressures were exerted on humans to force them to enhance communication. However, we can look at the evidence we do have. If language were actually evolved with communication as a primary concern, then we would see linguistic change moving towards the goal of enhancing communication. Alas, this is not the case, and we can see that it is not by analysing several aspects of language that limit its usefulness as a means of communication."
~I disagree on this point also, communication has developed as our brain has, this would have mutually evolved; I actually do have evidence to back up this claim, however this would interfere with one of the rules with animal communication, so I will reframe from addressing that issue. Perhaps I could take this down another route; we do see a correlation of bad communication skills and poor knowledge of language in the uneducated populous, at least in Australia. A large majority of the Indigenous population is uneducated in literature; as a result they have decreased in growth within language.[3]
(If you want to look up how we 'learnt' our ability to speak, go to source [5]).
"The point is, if the meaning is very clear at the semantic interface but less clear at the phonological interface (even if, as we have seen above, the phonological interface can be designed to be clear semantically), we can conclude that language is more suited for thought than for communication, and posit that language evolved primarily for the expression of thoughts and not for communication."
~This is a very impressive order you have, although it has one flaw; the reason behind the thinking. A study done a few years ago now suggests that the position to begin thinking stems from communication at the core. This means that Language is for communication, but then language is used as a tool to record and learn to better adapt and equip the communication. [4]
I would have also posted the main parts to my argument, unfortunately though, it was all covered in these 4 main points.
Once again I would like to apologise for my absence in the previous round and would also like to thank Con for the opportunity to debate him.
I thank my opponent for his arguments. I will now proceed to my rebuttals and will address my oppponent's arguments one by one.
R1) Definition of 'semiotic'
My opponent argued that the definition of the term 'semiotic' implies that language must, by definition, be for communication. While I don't challenge the authority of the definition my opponent has given, I will contend that the pure, conceptual meaning of semiotics is the study of signs. For example, Merriam-Webster defines semiotics as 'a general philosophical theory of signs and symbols that deals especially with their function in both artificially constructed and natural languages and comprises syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics'. (1) Thus a semiotic system is simply a system of signs and symbols, entities which include, in Ferdinand de Saussure's terms (2), a signifier and a signified.
The communication element is, I'd contend, an element of the associative meaning of semiotics. Communication is simply associated with semiotics because communication is perceived to be the primary purpose of signs, and because much of semiotic study has been dedicated to the communicative element.
R2) Body language
My opponent asserts that body language is a not a type of animal language. I actually challenge the idea that all body language falls into the category of human language. Hockett's design features of language are widely accepted in linguistic study. According to Hockett, there are a few design featuers unique to human language which are absent in animal language. Although the theory has evolved over time, the core elements widely accepted to be unique to humans are: (3)
-Reflexivity: We can use language to talk about language, e.g. Don't use a preposition at the end of a sentence!
Moreover, even if we were to accept gestures and emblems as types of language and that their primary purpose is communication, note that they only constitute a part of human language. It would be a mistake to overgeneralise this idea by suggesting that since body languages have communication as a primary function, all languages have communication as a primary function. Languages like Chinese, English and French are also language.
R3) Correlation of poor communication skills and poor knowledge of language
My opponent asserts that there is a correlation between poor communication skills and poor knowledge of language. I do not disagree with this notion. I have never denied that communication is one of the many essential functions of language, just not the primary one.
By asserting that poor language skills leads to poor communication skills, my opponent has only proved that a primary means of communication is language. Yet to suggest that this indicates communication is the primary function of language is a non sequitur. Let's use an analogy, with the poor instead of tribes, and with money instead of language. A lack of money leads to a lack of power to buy things. This does show that the primary means to settle transactions in modern society is to use money. However, it would be wrong to conclude from this that the primary function of money is to settle transactions. Money performs three other equally important functions: as a store of value, as a unit of account and as a standard of deferred payment. Similarly, while language is an essential means of communication, communication is not the primary function of language.
Moreoever, his example of aboriginal tribes is not too relevant because they do not have poor language skills. They are well-versed in their tribal languages and communicate well with one another. If anything, they are better at communication than English-speaking Australians because tribal languages tend to have highly complex grammatical structures that can express ideas more precisely than major languages like English. (5)
R4) Reason behind thought
My opponent responded to my argument on thoughts, rather than communication, being the primary purpose of language, by citing a study which suggest that '[...] the position to begin thinking stems from communication at the core.' Yet my opponent has not explained how the study came to this conclusion. I would like to ask my opponent how the researchers came to this conclusion. Meanwhile, I'm afraid that this can only be properly regarded as a bare assertion with an appeal to authority.
In fact, I'm not sure what my opponent meant exactly by this. I'd like to ask my opponent what he meant by 'the position to begin thinking stems from communication at the core'. Do you mean that thinking is a form of a communication, or that selective pressures which forced us to communicate led to the development of our thinking ability as an epiphenomenon?
My opponent then stated that '[...] language is used as a tool to record and learn to better adapt and equip the communication.' As I did not understand the first statement clearly, I couldn't tell how it led to this conclusion, and can only comment on this conclusion at face value. Though this is certainly a function of language, there is no evidence that it is the primary one.
O1) Definitions
My opponent wrote, 'I actually do have evidence to back up this claim, however this would interfere with one of the rules with animal communication, so I will reframe from addressing that issue.' In fact, it does not matter if my opponent's point mentions animal communication. Human communication likely evolved from animal communication. As long as my opponent's conclusion is that human, not animal, language has communication as a primary function, then his argument is not against the rules. Should my opponent's argument be intended as such, I would be grateful if he can bring it to the table.
O2) On citing academic work
My opponent appears to have, for several times, brought up studies that confirm his conclusions, but with little explanation of how the studies came to these conclusions. Often, it is not clear where in the source links these were stated, either. I would like to suggest that he explain how these conclusions were came to, such as the reasoning used by the studies or the statistics they provided. Otherwise, my opponent's arguments do seem to lack substance per se.
(1) http://www.merriam-webster.com...
(2) http://www.criticism.com...
(3) http://www.languagesoftheworld.info...
(4) Yule, G.: The Study of Language (2010).
(5) Dixon, R. M. W.: Basic Linguistic Theory (2010).
Due to this untimely turn of events, i am unable to post a conclusion, i will renounce my satus so far in respect for Con as i have now missed two rounds. I did wish to contribute more on this debate; however i am in no way a warden of time. I thankyou for the opportunity to debate and apologise for the lack of consistency that was required by signing up to this debate.
@Kryptic: Sorry, but it was already taken :(
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Yesterday, the 22nd of June, was Mayo Day. The Mayo Clinic that is. Ever so looking forward to finally being seen by the best of the best, as I was; the whole vision of answers was quickly taken away in a matter of a few minutes.
I was scheduled for registration at 8 am sharp. We left home in plenty of time to get to Jacksonville, even some to spare, in case morning traffic was bumper to bumper. I didn't rest well the night before and had in fact been awake since 10:30 pm. I dozed on and off as Sis drove. I don't like actually sleeping and riding, but I simply couldn't keep my eyes open.
Upon arriving on the Mayo Campus, parking was a problem. I hadn't read anywhere in the information that parking was $5 a day. I missed that section in the brochures. We didn't arrive with cash and that is all the parking garage would accept. So, Sis dropped me off at the Davis Building. I went inside to find an ATM as she circled the entrance waiting for me to quickly get back. The Mayo Campus in Jacksonville is by far the largest hospital/healthcare facility I've ever been to. I felt frantic while trying to scope out where the ATM inside the hospital could be located. Finally stopping at the Pharmacy to ask, the Tech was a gem and lead me right to it. Cash in hand I made my way back to the entrance and my Sister who was still circling.
Cash in hand I made my way back to the entrance and my Sister who was still circling. Getting the cash to her at last, she was able to park. While she was parking, I went ahead and registered in Davis Building. After, I was instructed to make my way to the Cannaday Building. The Cannaday Building was all the way on the other side of the pavilion. Once we reached the Cannaday Building, it was time to register there as well. After, we were directed to the elevators and instructed to head to the second floor east. I even asked my Sister how in the world do we know which way is east. But, directly off the elevator to the right was my final destination… Neurology and Neuro Science.
Checked in one last time and all that was left was to wait. And wait we did! The doctor was late and we were left sitting a full 45 minutes past the appointed time. While waiting, a nurse took vitals in triage. My blood pressure was a bit high at 170/107.
At long last, it was my turn to head back. We were lead to a small room with a full desk, a small couch, and an exam table. We sat giggling to one another about a sign on the door about how the lights are movement sensitive. If they happen to go out, "just move around" … then they would come back on.
Dr. Tatium knocks on the door, comes in with an intern and introduces himself. Without wasting any time at all, he begins with the questions. Until he came across my blood pressure reading from triage. He then stopped and called in a nurse to re-take my blood pressure. It had come down a bit, however, not enough to appease Dr. Tatium. He freaked out! I've not seen many docs to "freak-out" like he did, but he made mention he would feel bad if I had a stroke. So, he ended the appointment and quickly requested I be sent to the ER to have them lower my pressure.
Once in the ER and seeing the doc on duty there, he couldn't understand why in the world the Doc ended the appointment and made me come down there. The pressure I was experiencing was not so elevated that they could really DO anything for me other than give me half of my already prescribed medication. What a colossal waste of time! Upon leaving the ER, we made a phone call to see if I would be able to salvage the day and continue to seen. That's a big fat neg-a-tory ghost rider!
August 2nd is now the new date to be seen. So frustrating! So Ridiculous!


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In the wake of Wales' poor performance against Fiji, we put your questions to rugby correspondent Andy Howell to try and make sense of it all.
Despite getting the 17-13 victory, Warren Gatland's men were out of sorts and failed to score against Fiji after the visitors went down to 14 men early in the second half.
The debate began on social media before the final whistle had blown and here's our man's take on it all.
Question: What did you make of what you've just watched?
Andy Howell: What a load of rubbish! That's one of the worst Welsh performances I've ever seen.
Fiji were there for the taking and Wales should have hammered them. But again, the Welsh attitude - they spoke about it a lot in the build up - It was okay for about 10 minutes but after that it just fell away.
There were so many mistakes, 22 turnovers, if they do that against the All Blacks next week then Wales will concede 50, 60 points.
Q: Rhys Priestland is getting stick on Twitter, what did you make of his performance?
AH: Unjustified criticism of Priestland, he was ok.
I think there are other players in the team that need to look at themselves before Priestland. He tried his best and he did some decent things.
He had a hand in the opening two tries, I think there were other people who were far more anonymous than Priestland.
However, I don't think he's done enough to get back in the team to face the All Blacks next week.
It's a mystery to me why, with Fiji down to 14 men, Wales didn't put on James Hook. He is a master against teams who are short of numbers, that was his type of game.
Yet he spent the match on the bench, he might as well have been at Gloucester with Richard Hibbard.
Q: Does today's match prove that Webb and Biggar are Wales' new half backs? No tempo.
AH: Absolutely. The game was crying out for tempo and Webb, even though he is a working progress, certainly brings that tempo.
I think Mike Phillips is paying the price for being the number two scrum half at Racing Metro. He was strangely quiet today.
Dan Biggar is the key man at outside half. He played really well against Australia until he got injured and with there being an injury doubt over Leigh Halfpenny, Biggar has to be in the team for his goalkicking.
Q: Williams or Halfpenny against New Zealand?
AH: I would pick them both in the team. I would play Williams at full back and Halfpenny on the wing because Liam Williams is certainly a better counter attacker.
If you had 15 Liam Williams' in your team you wouldn't lose many matches, that bloke gives everything.


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Grey, by E. L. James
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The President's Shadow, by Brad Meltzer
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Throughout this program you can expect to be working approximately 4 to 5 hours a day on weekdays (Monday to Friday), this includes arranging activities and preparing the activities for the next day. All of the activities you plan will be held in either the community or the school. Some locations will be just a 10-minute walk from the center, others a little further (around 30 minutes).
You will spend the day arranging activities in either the community or school, taking a break for lunch in the middle. In the late afternoon, you'll get the chance to prepare your activities for the following day, followed by dinner. Please keep in mind that booking during a public holiday will change the schedule somewhat, and you will have the opportunity to join in the local village activities instead.
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Descriptive Statistics > Ogive Graph
What is an Ogive Graph?
An ogive (oh-jive), sometimes called a cumulative frequency polygon, is a type of frequency polygon that shows cumulative frequencies. In other words, the cumulative percents are added on the graph from left to right.
An ogive graph plots cumulative frequency on the y-axis and class boundaries along the x-axis. It's very similar to a histogram, only instead of rectangles, an ogive has a single point marking where the top right of the rectangle would be. It is usually easier to create this kind of graph from a frequency table.
How to Draw an Ogive Graph
Example question: Draw an Ogive graph for the following set of data:
02, 07, 16, 21, 31, 03, 08, 17, 21, 55
03, 13, 18, 22, 55, 04, 14, 19, 25, 57
06, 15, 20, 29, 58.
Step 1: Make a relative frequency table from the data. The first column has the class limits, the second column has the frequency (the count) and the third column has the relative frequency (class frequency / total number of items):
If you aren't sure how to create your class limits(also called bins), watch the video at the bottom of this article or see: What is a Bin in Statistics?
Step 2: Add a fourth column and cumulate (add up) the frequencies in column 2, going down from top to bottom. For example, the second entry is the sum of the first row and the second row in the frequency column (5 + 5 = 10), and the third entry is the sum of the first, second, and third rows in the frequency column (5 + 5 + 6 = 16):
Step 3: Add a fifth column and cumulate the relative frequencies from column 3. If you do this step correctly, your values should add up to 100% (or 1 as a decimal):
Step 4: Draw an x-y graph with percent cumulative relative frequency on the y-axis (from 0 to 100%, or as a decimal, 0 to 1). Mark the x-axis with the class boundaries.
Step 5: Plot your points. Note: Each point should be plotted on the upper limit of the class boundary. For example, if your first class boundary is 0 to 10, the point should be plotted at 10.
Step 6: Connect the dots with straight lines. the ogive is one continuous line, made up of several smaller lines that connect pairs of dots, moving from left to right.
The finished graph for this sample data:
Tip: How to create class boundaries video:
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The Project … in just 3 years!
It's not often I can think of an occasion when I would start a blog post with something that I saw on Facebook, but today that's exactly where I find myself …
For those of you who are Facebook aficionados, you'll be familiar with the fact that it now feeds back to us memories of posts from our past, things we've previously posted on Facebook and shared with the world. And today, two memories popped up which struck me and which I thought I would share.
Three years ago today, on February 5th 2013, I managed to get my first small article in the local paper about "the young people's mental health support group I am trying to set up here in East Devon ". I was still trying to raise enough money to get The Project off the ground!
One year ago today, on February 5th 2015, I was awarded the Deputy Prime Minister's Mental Health Hero Award for the South West, and I was on my way to London with my daughter, Jess, to receive the award! To be there with Jess, who as most people know, is the reason why The Project exists at all, was one of the most special days in our family's story and her recovery from mental ill health, and also in The Project's short journey from a seed of an idea to a reality which has far exceeded all my expectations.
A year on from there, and we have just opened our second young people's support group in Chard, Somerset, following the success of our East Devon group – and we are in talks to set up two more groups, one of which we hope will be in West Dorset; we run a valuable Parent/Carer Group providing much needed support to those supporting young people experiencing mental distress; and we are building on our very successful mental health training for professionals, communities and young people, which is now beginning to bring in an income to help make The Project more sustainable.
We have been recognised and endorsed through Comic Relief funding, through donations and grants from local community groups and organisations; we now have four members of truly awesome staff, a fantastic and committed team of volunteers, and an Advisory Group made up of professionals from the fields of mental health, education, marketing and health policy. We give talks to raise awareness around mental illness, are invited to speak at conferences and asked for our opinion as leaders in the field of peer support for young people. We have established a great reputation with schools, medical professionals, mental health services and commissioners – and most importantly, with young people and parents.
To say I'm proud of what we have achieved would be a major understatement! If this is what we can do in the first three years, I can't wait to see what we can do in the next three … 🙂
Thank you to everyone who has supported us, and contributed to our success.


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Fiscal Year 2016-2017
The members of Saint Gabriel Catholic Church Finance Council are pleased to present the following financial report to our fellow parishioners.
Due to the generosity of our congregation, our finances continue to be solid, while our parish community is thriving. We are blessed. Some of the financial highlights include:
- Overall operations finished the year ahead of plan. Revenue tracked very closely, while expenses were just under budget. Offertory was ahead of budget at $3.3 million. Collection trends were positive and exceeded expectations.
- Expenditures closed the year slightly under budget, providing for positive Net Operating activity of $73K. In this year's budget, we anticipate both revenue and expenses to increase slightly.
- The Diocesan Assessment and School Subsidy along with Facility Expenses represents over $2 million of our annual spending.
- We strive to be prudent shepherds of our parish resources. Because of the consistent giving of our parishioners, we have been able to set aside funds for emergencies and additional tithing without it affecting operations.
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Our campus is vibrant and active. This past year saw increased enrollment in Adult Education, Hispanic, and Spiritual Direction programs. Including St. Gabriel Catholic School, virtually every meeting space on our campus is utilized on a regular basis. While this periodically can lead to scheduling issues, we feel that the capacity challenges are simply those associated with our large, engaged, parish community.
St. Gabriel remains a tithing Parish, making a difference in the Charlotte Community. Each year we set a target to direct 10% of offertory towards qualifying charities. This year was no different, as we exceeded our charitable giving budget by giving over $343K to those in need. The Pope Francis Initiative (PFI) continued to identify opportunities to make impactful contributions to organizations beyond general tithing. (PFI) now in its third year, is evolving and growing to reach even more people in need.
As we close the fiscal year of 2016-2017, we reflect on our many blessings at St. Gabriel. Because you give of your time, your talents, and your treasure, our parish is as strong as ever.
Thank you, and God bless.
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Bryant Brewer (Chair), Mark Adamson, Chris Brown, Lee Cochran, Bob Fontana, Steve Gennett, Sr., Steve Gennett, Jr., Paul Grim, Ron Levin, Sandra Lazorcheck, Stephen Pernotto and Lynne Roux
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Lambert was unveiled as Alex McLeish's replacement this afternoon, and he is hoping to put smiles on the supporters' faces as soon as possible.
"There is a lot of expectancy at the club and it is not something I'm going to shy away from," he said. "It something I will thrive on, hopefully.
"We will try to get results as quickly and as best as we can. We have to play football the right way.
"We have to give them (the fans) something. We will need them - I think they will come in their thousands to watch us and it is up to us to give them something back."
Lambert expressed his pride at being handed the Villa reins and cannot wait to get started in the role.
He said: "I have to get into it and see what is going to happen. I'm honoured to be manager of the football club. I will give it everything I've got to be successful.
"I can't wait to get going, truth be told, so I'm excited by it. It is a huge, huge club and it is something I will need to embrace more than anybody."
The 42 year-old takes over at Villa Park following a successful three-year spell at Norwich, having guided the Canaries from the bottom of League One to a 12th-placed finish in the Premier League, and he acknowledged he left Carrow Road with a heavy heart.
"I had three unbelievable years and as I've said before I loved my time there - I had a great rapport there and had a special rapport with the football club, the fans and the players," he said.
"I will always be proud of what we have done as a group - it is a part of my life that will stay with me and I will never forget it. I have nothing but praise for Norwich. The fanbase was always pivotal to what happened.
"I had my reasons (for leaving), which will probably remain private and I don't want to keep going back to that."
Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner said the club will support Lambert from the off and strive to have a more successful season than last term's 16th place.
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I'm not one to get emotional at work. It's just not how I operate, not what I do. Part of it is probably that I never really cared enough to really get worked up.
But this week, during a 1:1 meeting, I was in the middle of telling my manager how much I appreciated her flexibility with my schedule, when I noticed my eyes tearing up. It was so unexpected that it caught me completely off guard. I had to look away and compose myself before continuing.
I hadn't realized how much pressure I was under…pressure to prove myself, pressure to adjust, pressure to ramp up quickly. This is all in addition to the fact that I work shorter hours, arriving later and leaving earlier than everyone else because I'm a mom.
And the more I think about it, the more conflicted I feel. This is the first time I've worked with someone who has been so understanding/flexible with me. So, obviously, I'm grateful. Very very grateful. But beyond that, I feel so much guilt about needing this flexibility, that naturally, it turns into anger, or more accurately, indignation.
I've been really stewing on this a lot this past week. It's not directed at any one person, but at the situation overall. As moms, so much of the
burden responsibility of parenting falls on us. As a working mom, in order to work at all, you need a job that allows you a considerable degree of leeway. As a person who prides herself in her ability to perform, it's been a hard adjustment, knowing that I can't do what everyone else does. I feel like I have to work harder and faster just to match everyone else who is there 8am to 5pm. I scramble from meeting to meeting, fitting in everything before I have to rush home. And while working through lunch or after hours wasn't requested of me, I feel that not doing so would cause me to fall so far behind that snickering and back talking would be inevitable. Maybe this is all in my head. Or maybe more moms deal with this than we recognize.
But there is seriously something broken about our country if moms struggle this much just to lean in instead of opting out of the work force. Is this level of stress manageable and sustainable?
Ollie just turned one. What happens when he's older, in school, and needs help with homework? Then where do I find the time to fit in all this after-hours work?
There has to be a better way.
I'm hoping this is temporary and things get better. Much like the first few months of infancy, maybe we'll turn a corner and I'll find my footing and this will all be a breeze!
Until then, working moms really just don't get the credit they're due. But I am, of course, biased.


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text: I think we should stay until it closes...unless someone needs to go home earlier! On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Kristina Pearson <kristinajp95@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Okay! Sounds good!! I like the bring your own lunch and then bring money > for dinner idea!! Another question is how late do we want to stay?! Do we > want to stay til closing or leave before dark?! I will text nessa, travis, > lettie, and matt and just let them know and remind them!! I'll ask nessa to > ask ali! Will anyone else make calls to people who you have numbers for?! > Shanaynay > P.s. If we wanted to all go to dinner together, I know a good cheap mexican > resturant on the way out of town called lurana's!! We could stop there or we > could even hit a place in the Park?! :) > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Jarom Denton <smileybob234@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> I think we should stay the whole day at lagoon... it's another hour drive >> to get to salt lake (temple square) from Ogden/Layton or whatever you want >> to call it. and its only about 2 and a half to Ogden/Layton, maybe a bit >> more at 65 an hour and 50 minutes. if we want to go to the temple then we >> should go a different time when its all lit up over Christmas break! And >> adults.... Gavin is still on his road trip to Oregon, but I can try and get >> his cell phone and ask him if his parents are willing to do >> that.... Gavin thinks they will! I think we should all make our own lunches, >> and for dinner maybe bring money and go somewhere? maybe? that would be >> fun! or maybe we could just all go to our houses and eat whatever >> our families ate for dinner... Oh! We should make sure that everybody knows >> about this lagoon trip in enough time.... it would be sad if someone planned >> something for that day and couldn't come...... So I think I'm coming, count >> on me ok? >> - Jarom >> >> >> >


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The search for everlasting life has long been a fascination of humans -- and many have invested enormous time, thought and money into the notion. But is such a thing even possible? And for those who seek escape from physical death, does that mean they would also escape a spiritual afterlife?
Peter Thiel, the billionaire technology investor, is among those who believe it might be possible to evade death by using technological advances. Thiel, of course, co-founded PayPal and in 2002 sold the company to eBay for $1.5 billion. In 2004, he was the first outside investor of Facebook, which now has 1.71 billion users -- and that group is rising by 15 percent every year, according to Zephoria Digital Marketing.
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Parabiosis, the process by which youthful blood is transfused into a person's veins, was researched in the 1950s with experiments involving the circulatory systems of rats, as Inc.com reported.
Most recently, Theil has closely followed a study called "Young Donor Plasma Transfusion and Age-Related Biomarkers," as developed by Ambrosia, a company based in Monterey, California. The company was founded by Stanford-trained physician Jesse Karmazin.
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Thiel does not intend to promote parabiosis just yet, but is examining it merely for his personal use. And all of this leads naturally to the subject of faith -- and to a discussion of the existence of life after earthly death. (Not coincidentally, Thiel earned a B.A. in philosophy from Stanford University before his J.D. from Stanford Law School.)
"Peter Thiel's quest for eternal life -- in this world -- clearly shows human nature's desire for immortality," said Fr. Michael Sliney, a Catholic priest who works with business and youth groups in New York City and other areas. "The advances of technology have already prolonged life and certainly this trend will continue."
He added, "This life on Earth is more of a pilgrimage or testing ground to reach our true home and true happiness in heaven with God. Death was not a part of God's original plan, but original sin created this new condition of 'mortality.'"
Christians, of course, believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, in which He rose from the dead and ascended into heaven to make eternal life accessible to all who believe in Him.
"[Death] also gave us the added advantage of Christ's incarnation," said Fr. Sliney. "In the words of Pope Francis, 'He is there for us, waiting with patience and hope, even when we turn in on ourselves and brood over our troubles and past injuries.' Christ accompanies us. He is cheering us on and waiting for us."
Fr. Sliney administers the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick as a priest and often finds himself present with people as they near the end of their lives. The Anointing of the Sick is one of the seven sacraments that is believed to bring spiritual -- and sometimes physical -- strength during serious illness or other situations.
"Our Christian Faith, based on divine revelation, tells us; 'Just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgment,'" said Fr. Sliney, quoting Hebrews 9:27. "As a priest, I have accompanied many holy souls in their final moments, and seen them depart this world with deep peace and great hope in eternal happiness with Christ in heaven."
"With faith, death can be a beautiful beginning," Fr. Sliney asserted. "Without faith, death is always a fatal ending."


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